Kanye West gets spotted using The Pirate Bay... by Kanye West

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Well this is a little awkward. Kanye West has been caught using The Pirate Bay, after he tweeted a photo of his computer screen and forgot to crop.

While plenty of people were interested to see Kanye was listening to Sufjan Stevens - possibly a hint at an influence/collaboration on his next album - eyes were quickly drawn to one of the other browser tabs.

In fact, artist deadmau5 flagged the fact that Kanye was searching for Xfer Records Serum music editing software in one tab, and had made a search for Xfer on The Pirate Bay in another.

There's no evidence he had actually gone as far as to download the software, but it doesn't look great -especially as Kanye was also browsing MusicRadar's guide to the 50 best VST/AU plugin synths. As our MusicRadar friends point out, Xfer Records Serum features at number one on the list.

There are a number of reasons why this is a particularly bad gaffe for Yeezy to make. First, Kanye has been a major supporter of Tidal, the streaming service that was built to provide better audio to users and better royalties to artists.

He even took part in that really awkward Tidal re-launch ceremony last year, standing alongside Jay Z, Arcade Fire, deadmau5 and other artists in solidarity.

Thirdly, it was recently reported by Hollywood Life that Kanye was planning to sue The Pirate Bay for hosting his new album. This was never confirmed, but if true, now might be a good time for Kanye to back down.

Then again, maybe it's all just part of the plan. There's a theory that Yeezy's controversial public persona is all one big joke. It's times like this that we really hope that's the case.